docs: def __protocolize(base_url):
          """Internal add-protocol-to-url helper"""
          if not base_url.startswith("http://") and not base_url.startswith("https://"):
              base_url = "https://" + base_url
  
          # Some API endpoints can't handle extra /'s in path requests
          base_url = base_url.rstrip("/")
          return base_url